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The MTA has consistently run on a deficit, but increased spending in 2000–04 coupled with the economic downturn led to a severe increase in the financial burden that the MTA bore. The budget problems stem from multiple sources. The MTA cannot be supported solely by rider fares and road tolls.
By December 2020, the MTA had decided not to implement a budget that would have resulted in 40% service cuts and massive staff layoffs, under the assumption that Congress would give $4.5 billion of aid to the MTA.
The cash-strapped MTA will get $1.1 billion in the budget deal — a bailout that likely will forestall fare hikes. The deal proposes to do this by raising the state's payroll mobility tax for...
Subway Chief Cites Fare-Beating In MTA Budget Woes - New York City, NY - Andy Byford said fare evasion is a factor in the MTA's budget problems, drawing fire from the Manhattan DA's...
NEW YORK CITY — The coronavirus pandemic will leave the MTA with a $16.2 billion budget deficit if the transit agency doesn't cut costs and receive billions in federal aid, officials said.
ABQ RIDE (City of Albuquerque Transit Department) is the local transit agency serving Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The state budget passed last week requires the transit agency to develop a plan to fight fare-beating with input from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's five district...
The pilot program, which was funded to the tune of $15 million as part of Gov. Hochul’s MTA budget, will temporarily make one line per borough free to use starting Sept. 24.
In addition to reducing congestion and improving air quality in Manhattan, the toll would raise $1 billion a year for the MTA's capital program.
The MTA faced a budget deficit of US$1.2 billion in 2009. This resulted in fare increases (three times from 2008 to 2010) [276] and service reductions (including the elimination of two part-time subway services, the V and W ).